Packard Bell Unveils Ion-Powered iMax Mini Nettop
Packard Bell Unveils Ion-Powered iMax Mini Nettop
Posted 05/28/2009 at 6:05am
| by Paul Lilly
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Not only is Packard Bell still around (there's a name we don't hear too often), but the former major U.S. player who now spends its time in Europe (kind of like Hasselhoff) is jumping aboard the Ion train with a nettop dubbed the iMax Mini.
Essentially a rebadged Acer AspireRevo, the iMax Mini comes configured with an Intel Atom N230 processor (1.6GHz, 512KB L2 cache, 533MHz frontside bus), 2GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, six USB 2.0 ports, HDMI, and VGA. Underscoring the Ion platform, the iMax Mini will also come with a gamepad.
Other specs remain scarce, however Packard Bell did say it plans to price the new nettop at £249, or about $400USD.
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Morete
May 29, 2009 at 11:41am
Packard Bell was, is, and always will be nothing more than a monument to corruption. This is what happens to a business when it continually cheats customers, and even more so what can happen when a bunch of these screwed over customers go public with class-action lawsuits. At the very least, they could take a tip from Blackwater and change their name.
AntiHero
May 28, 2009 at 12:36pm
Why in the hell does it come with a gamepad?
I don't like Microsoft, I associate with it.
D.E.
May 28, 2009 at 9:01am
Maaaan, I remember the good old days, playing Mega Race in MS DOS on my packard bell.
Stang5150
June 01, 2009 at 12:12pm
Yup playing Mega Race on my old Packard Bell 486DX2/66 Mhz along with Descent and Doom.
Dragonmaster384
May 28, 2009 at 7:12pm
I remember playing that game.... I feel old now. o.O
I always thought that Packard Bell had died off.... I never realized they were still active overseas.
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